Bundling Rebol Scripts

A rough guide to wrapping REBOL scripts in an OS X App Bundle.

Structure

This is the minimal setup for an application bundle:

MyScript.app/
    Contents/
        MacOS/
            MyScript
        Resources/
            my-script.r
            REBOL/
                View

Both MyScript and View must have executable permissions, e.g. chmod 755

MyScript is just a plain text shell script:

#!/bin/sh

BASEDIR=$(dirname $(dirname $0))/Resources
exec $BASEDIR/REBOL/View $BASEDIR/my-script.r

View is the REBOL executable. Unless you create an Info.plist file for your app, MyScript should match your MyScript.app bundle name. Your working path will be MyScript.app/Contents/Resources/ — you can put all your images and support files there.

Future

I’d like to devise a way to pass arguments, specifically to assign filetypes. My fear is that it may get to complex (note: this is not the same as assigning .r types to REBOL)

Take a look at Ashley’s CookBook for bundling encapped SDK applications as well as adding metadata to your bundle.
Robert has created an AppleScript bundle that will assign specified filetypes to REBOL.
An unofficial REBOL icns icon file for use (requires the Info.plist to set).
system/options should give you access to all important directories, such as system/options/home, system/options/path or clean-path system/options/script.

Structure

Future

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